IP/Litigation, Intellectual Property, Electronic Discovery, Entertainment, Internet/e-commerce, Technology, Privacy and Data Security

• Representative Intellectual Property Cases

• Assisted a UK-based manufacturer of 3G mobile phones in its successful trade secrets lawsuit against one of the largest technology companies in the world, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

• Assisted a Japanese manufacturer in the defense of trade secrets claims against one of the largest computer companies in the world, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

• Assisted in the successful representation of Oprah in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought in Chicago federal court.

• Assisted in the successful representation of an artist in a music copyright infringement lawsuit brought against a celebrity entertainer and his record label.

• Represented a national broadcasting company in registering its copyrights in video footage and assisted the media client with the enforcement of its intellectual property rights in Rhode Island federal court.

• Successfully represented several national publications in their defense of a copyright infringement lawsuit concerning the use of a photograph in news stories.

• Represented a domain name owner in connection with global domain name and trademark claims of international organizations.

• Successfully represented the nation's leading producer of business signs for independent business owners in a copyright infringement lawsuit.

• Assisting a retail company in defense of trademark infringement lawsuits filed in federal court in New York and Philadelphia.

• Assisted in the successful representation of a leading national manufacturer of consumer products in false advertising and tortious interference federal court lawsuits brought in Michigan and Texas.

• Representative Intellectual Property Matters

• Prosecuted hundreds of trademark applications in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for companies in all types of industries, including medical technology, telecommunications, food service, computing products and services, information technology, health, broadcasting, claims and benefits administration, household products, beverages, financial services, oil and gas, and advertising.

• Assisted many companies in securing and protecting their trademark rights in foreign countries, including in the European Community, the UK, Ireland, France, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and various African and South American countries.

• Trademark and copyright counsel for an international company with over 900 retail stores in the U.S.

• Trademark counsel for an international provider of business process outsourcing and information technology services with more than 30 locations around the world, including eight mega data centers.

• Trademark and copyright counsel for the Producer and Co-Director of an international documentary motion picture.

• Regularly assists the world's largest video game retailer in the enforcement of its intellectual property rights.

• Trademark counsel and international trademark counterfeiting and domain name advisor to a manufacturer and global supplier of high performance integrated circuits and semiconductors that is located in over 40 countries.

• Drafted hundreds of agreements involving the licensing, assignment, and/or sale of intellectual property assets.

• Authored hundreds of agreements involving the licensing, assignment, and/or sale of intellectual property assets.

• Representative Electronic Discovery and Electronic Information Management Matters

• Special Outside E-Discovery (ESI) Counsel for a Fortune Global 500, Europe-based, international provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related information technology services.

• Authored the Document Retention Policy of a corporate lender, finance company, and advisory service provider with more than $5 billion in assets.

• Assisting in the development of a Document Retention Policy for one of the largest construction companies in the world, employing thousands of employees.

• Regularly develops and oversees the implementation of case-appropriate and client-specific strategies for the identification, preservation, review, and analysis of electronically-stored information in state and federal court litigation.

Mr. Butzer serves as intellectual property counsel to the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA), a non-profit organization which fosters Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. He also counsels the Dallas Women's Museum in IP matters. In 2007, Mr. Butzer received the Director's Award for his service to the Fort Worth Women's Business Center.

B.A., Political Science and Economics, with special honors, University of Chicago, 1984

J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1988

• Contributing Editor for the Journal of Law Reform

LL.M., International Law, University of Cambridge, England, 1989